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Munirathna
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office
13 May 2013 – 28 July 2019
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byVacant
ConstituencyRajarajeshwari Nagar
Personal details
Born
Muniratna Naidu
Political partyBharatiya Janata party
(2019–present)
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress
(till 2019)
OccupationFilm producer, politician
Film Career
Notable workRaktha Kanneeru, Kurukshetra, Aunty Preethse, Anatharu, Katari Veera Surasundarangi.

Munirathna Naidu, commonly known as Munirathna, is an Indian film producer-turned-politician[1] from Karnataka and a member of the Indian National Congress till 2019. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 14 November 2019. He was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka from Rajarajeshwari Nagar in the year 2013 and 2018.[2][3]

Notable films produced by Munirathna include Aunty Preethse, Raktha Kanneeru, Anatharu, Katari Veera Surasundarangi and Kurukshetra.[4]

Filmography

Controversies

In December 2014, Lokayukta police recovered 1016 BBMP files related to Rajarajeshwari Nagar constituency from Munirathna's house in Vyalikaval.[5][6]

In March 2018, Munirathna was named in a ₹1500 crore BBMP fake bill chargesheet by the Crime Investigation Department.[7] In the chargesheet, Munirathna, who was working as a civil contractor in 2008–09, was found "colluding with BBMP officials and swindling [money] by executing poor quality road work."[8]

Days before the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election in May 2018, Bangalore Police booked a criminal case against Munirathna after the Election Commission found around 10,000 fake voter ID cards in an apartment in Jalahalli.[9] As a result of this scandal the election in the Rajarajeshwari Nagar constituency was postponed to 28 May, with Munirathna emerging victorious.[10]

Operation Kamala

Main articles: Operation Kamala and Operation Kamala in Karnataka

Operation Kamala, also known as Operation Lotus is a term coined in 2008, when India's former minister G. Janardhana Reddy in the state of Karnataka, used all possible tricks (persuade, bribe, punishment, divide) to secure support from legislators bypassing the anti-defection law, so as to take the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) past the majority number.[11][12][13][14][15] Operation Lotus refers to "poaching" or "bribing" of MLAs and MPs of other parties by the BJP, mainly of their rival the Indian National Congress party (INC), often to form government in states where they do not have the majority.[16]

He was one of the 15 MLAs fell for Operation Kamala and resigned in July 2019, effectively bringing down the H. D. Kumaraswamy-led coalition government of Indian National Congress and Janata Dal (Secular).[17]

References

  1. ^ SM, Shashiprasad (27 April 2018). "Can Munirathna Naidu beat incumbency?". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  2. ^ "RR Nagar bypoll: INC's Munirathna set to retain crucial seat; contractor-turned-politico overcomes Vokkaliga challenge". Firstpost.com. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  3. ^ "RR Nagar election result 2018 live updates: Congress candidate Muniratna wins by 41162 votes". The Times of India. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Check out lists of Movies by #Munirathna #Filmography". FilmiBeat.com. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  5. ^ "I am ready to face CBI probe, says RR Nagar MLA Muniratna". Deccan Herald. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Lokayukta cops seek info on Vyalikaval house". Deccan Herald. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "MLA Munirathna, 3 others chargesheeted in fake bill scam". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Karnataka elections: RR Nagar Congress MLA, 13 others booked in 'fake' voter ID card case". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  10. ^ "RR Nagar polls: Congress wins by 41162 votes". Aninews.in. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  11. ^ Aji, Sowmya (16 May 2018). "After falling short of numbers, BJP revisits 'Operation Kamala' of 2008". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  12. ^ "DH Deciphers | What is Operation Kamala 2.0?". Deccan Herald. 15 January 2019. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  13. ^ "What is Operation Kamala ? Will BJP manage a repeat of 2008?". The Statesman. 16 May 2018. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  14. ^ "'Operation Kamala' 2.0 in Karnataka: Union Minister behind efforts to bring down Congress-JDS government, claim sources". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  15. ^ Aji, Sowmya (15 May 2009). "BJP's 'poach-all' operation in Karnataka". India Today. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  16. ^ "op-lotus-in-punjab-mlas-offered-25-crores-each-aap-minister-claims".
  17. ^ "The 15 MLAs who brought down Kumaraswamy government". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
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